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Definition of toothfish
toothfish
ortoothfishes
: either of two large marine food fishes (genus Dissostichus of the family Nototheniidae) found especially in antarctic and subantarctic waters:a : patagonian toothfishb : antarctic toothfish
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Some fishing already occurred there for Antarctic toothfish, a predatory fish that is sold as the highly prized Chilean sea bass.
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1997
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